. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . 2146. A 5-foliolate Rose leaf. Rosa is a widespread genus, easily distinguished bywell-marked characters from allied genera, but in thelimits of the genus itself the characters are exceedingljvariable and it is very difficult to group into sections 2147. A 9-foliolate Rose leaf. th
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . 2146. A 5-foliolate Rose leaf. Rosa is a widespread genus, easily distinguished bywell-marked characters from allied genera, but in thelimits of the genus itself the characters are exceedingljvariable and it is very difficult to group into sections 2147. A 9-foliolate Rose leaf. the French botanist Gandoger actually describes fromEurope and western Asia alone 4,266 species. Themajority of botanists recognize over 100 species. TheRoses are almost equally distributed through the colderand temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, inAmerica extending to North Mexico, in Africa to Abys-sinia, and in Asia to India. They are all shrubs ofupright habit, or climbing or sarmentose, with usuallyprickly stems: Ivs. stipulate, alternate, odd-pinnate,with 3 to many Ifts. (Figs. 2146, 2147), rarely simple:the fls. are mostly large and showy, pink, purple, whiteor yellow, and appear usually solitary or corymbose atthe end of short branchlets; petals and sepals 5, rarely4; stamens numerous; pisti
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